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Run down and dirty - then, that was the norm. I don't remember getting food poisoning or E.Coli. I was so skinny, I qualified for free milk at primary school and shit, was that dirty or was that dirty. There were flies drowining in the pails of milk!
Life for a child then was, well, blissful! Our parents probably worried that money wasn't enough. But somehow, we'd pull through. Going to Swee Kee for chicken rice was a big treat! Must dress up well to go eat at road side stall!
We caught and fought spiders, watari picture cards, marbles, fight kites (limpei preferred chasing the lost ones), made catapults (lastic) to shoot birds and mudskippers, and peeped at our friend's sisters when they took a pee. Anything but dull. Not with firecrackers legal.
Ah Kong was the one who listened to Rediffusion. It was all he needed.
Cheers!
Well said. My humble wooden zinc house do not have Rediffusion , no tap water nor electricity to the house and still using firewood. At a tender age of 7, already has responsibility to fetch water and cut firewood. When it rains, the music will come from the zinc roof ....a soothing piece for slumberland.
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